Page 3011 - Week 10 - Thursday, 15 September 1994
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Transport Workers Union
MR DE DOMENICO: Madam Speaker, I am glad that the Deputy Chief Minister has brought his phone book with him, because my question without notice is to him. Minister, whilst you were standing up here before waving telephone books around, a Mr Guy Durham, who is a self-employed subcontractor, right now is sitting in his truck at a building site at Myles Connell Circuit, Gordon, and being told by two TWU heavies that, if he does not join the union, his truck will not be loaded. Minister, Mr Durham does not wish to join a union - either the TWU or any other union. My question to you, Minister, is: Will you use your good offices with your former employer, the TWU, and tell them to back off and let Mr Durham go on with his work and go on with his life without being forced to do something that he does not want to do? I am sure that you know what the phone number is because you have your phone book right in front of you.
MR LAMONT: I thank the member for his question. I am not aware of the circumstances to which you refer. If there are matters which are being conducted and they are illegal activities, there is an appropriate recourse for the individual concerned, and he should adopt it. Mr Kaine in fact has given - - -
Opposition members interjected.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! The Minister is answering the question.
MR LAMONT: Madam Speaker, I am happy, if anybody else on the other side wants to give their colleague some advice. If you had done it before he came in, we could have had somebody else ask a different question.
Mr De Domenico: What are you going to do about it, Minister?
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
Mr De Domenico: It is right into your portfolio responsibility.
MADAM SPEAKER: Perhaps you should let him answer it, Mr De Domenico. Order!
Mr Kaine: He is not going to do anything; that is the answer.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MR LAMONT: Thank you, Madam Speaker. As I have indicated, there is action which is able to be taken in those circumstances, pursuant to a range of laws in this Territory. If he believes that he is being adversely affected, then he should take advantage of the law that is available to him.
MR DE DOMENICO: I have a supplementary question, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, what advice is Mr Lamont prepared to give to Mr Durham? I will give you Mr Durham's phone number. You will not find it in there because it is a mobile number.
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